Geez! I hate that! - Page 129

.:4:. · 29-01-2022, 07:09 PM

I was using my laptop today, it was old reliable. Then it went from working to dead as a dead dingos donger.
So not really the end of the world as it was/is 11 years old. I should be able to recover the hard drive, theres nothing too improtant on that, just old photos and crap. But the unexpected expense of a new computer sucks. Ive ordered a new one, its going to be better, but the situation sucks none the least.

slowsnake · 30-01-2022, 10:29 AM

That happened to me, first laptop or PC of any kind, learnt on it really, was 2008 - 9, and an Asus F5, just stopped after not being used for 5 years, stored away in its bag, had lots of pics on it, from prospecting, my mining leases, my Corvette, all in there somewhere, but not worried now, did retrieve a few cds of all my music but can't open the files, too much for my head!

I feel ya pain!

Tonz · 30-01-2022, 11:02 AM

SS do some asking around, there are places/people who are magic at retrieving lost files etc...

dont ask how I know, but been there done that.......

Itsme · 30-01-2022, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonz

SS do some asking around, there are places/people who are magic at retrieving lost files etc...

dont ask how I know, but been there done that.......

Yup, just install the old hard drive in a PC or hard drive caddy and go for it.

.:4:. · 30-01-2022, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Itsme

Yup, just install the old hard drive in a PC or hard drive caddy and go for it.

I think im on the same page. When i ordered the replacement laptop i ordered a thing that you take the old hard drive and plug it into and my understanding is it acts like an external hard drive so you can transfer files. I hope it works, also i hope my old hard drive isnt rooted.

Tassie f100 · 30-01-2022, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

I think im on the same page. When i ordered the replacement laptop i ordered a thing that you take the old hard drive and plug it into and my understanding is it acts like an external hard drive so you can transfer files. I hope it works, also i hope my old hard drive isnt rooted.

If you buy a new laptop from a shop they will most likely transfer all your files from the old to the new.If you buy from somewhere online you are on your own

.:4:. · 30-01-2022, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tassie f100

If you buy a new laptop from a shop they will most likely transfer all your files from the old to the new.If you buy from somewhere online you are on your own

My old laptop wont even turn on. I ordered the new one from harvey norman. Pretty sure the nerds there are just salespersons. Most the old photos are on my phone anyway. The rest isnt really too much of an issue. If the plug in hard drive thing works, thats a bonus. If it doesnt, im not going to be upset about it.
The major annoyance was hair today gone tomorrow. As in it worked fine then instantly stopped. No warning signs. Anyrate, new unit on the way. All positivity moving forward.

Itsme · 30-01-2022, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

I think im on the same page. When i ordered the replacement laptop i ordered a thing that you take the old hard drive and plug it into and my understanding is it acts like an external hard drive so you can transfer files. I hope it works, also i hope my old hard drive isnt rooted.

I have a stack of the old ATA & SATA hard drive type with old files on them from previous computers over the years, never had problems accessing word, excel pdf etc and same for picture images and photos as long as they had the same type of manufacturers operating systems the latest OS is usually backward compatible for older saved files.

Cheers

.:4:. · 30-01-2022, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Itsme

I have a stack of the old ATA & SATA hard drive type with old files on them from previous computers over the years, never had problems accessing word, excel pdf etc and same for picture images and photos as long as they had the same type of manufacturers operating systems the latest OS is usually backward compatible for older saved files.

Cheers

Thanks for that. You give me a bit of confidence that i can recover stuff reasonably easily.

Tonz · 30-01-2022, 05:53 PM

the very old computers had some nice family orientated games on them that you cant find any more...
Donkey Kong
PacMan
Frog Leap
Lemmings

ahh those were the simple days...

slowsnake · 31-01-2022, 11:32 AM

One thing about my Asus F5 was a mate removed the fan to clean it, just in case it was overheating, it was jammed with "cat hair" damn thing was better than a vacuum cleaner!.......

.:4:. · 01-02-2022, 02:15 PM

Hmmm, i dont blame harveys. But i got an email saying laptop delivered. It wasnt. Got a text from the courier company asking what im wearing (not really) but saying delivered too the wrong suburb and signed for by some bloke called steven. So i checked the invoice, name adress payment, all that crap was correct. Emailed harveys and theyre looking into it. Its not their fault, but now they have to sort their stuff out.

marty351 · 01-02-2022, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

Hmmm, i dont blame harveys. But i got an email saying laptop delivered. It wasnt. Got a text from the courier company asking what im wearing (not really) but saying delivered too the wrong suburb and signed for by some bloke called steven. So i checked the invoice, name adress payment, all that crap was correct. Emailed harveys and theyre looking into it. Its not their fault, but now they have to sort their stuff out.

If Steven thinks he's got a free laptop, he'd better think again...

https://lawpath.com.au/blog/legal-op...one-elses-mail

.:4:. · 01-02-2022, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by marty351

If Steven thinks he's got a free laptop, he'd better think again...

https://lawpath.com.au/blog/legal-op...one-elses-mail

Harveys can go the couriers. I gave the correct info, so yeah, maybe someone at dispatch stuffed up, maybe it was the courier service. But 100%, someone who's name isnt on the package can't/shouldn't be allowed to sign for it.

**FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0** · 03-02-2022, 11:56 AM

Another multiple-hour power outage at home. Thankfully, this time around, there's no covid involved.....yet.

Car ran into a power pole at the entrance to the estate I live in at 1:30 this morning. I have a house alarm with a battery back-up and it will beep every few minutes once mains supply is disconnected until such time as you acknowledge it. That woke both me and my daughter up. And then that and the noise form the emergency workers extricating the driver of the crashed vehicle stirred the dog up so she wanted to come inside. Power is still out so I'm now around at my mum's place so I can work.

The power pole was snapped off at ground level, so the driver hit it pretty hard. Reckon it will take them a while to replace it and get power back on. Apparently the driver was a 50-year old who was flown to the Alfred.

This is the third, longer than a few hours, power outage I've had in the last few months. I notice that the distribution company credited my electricity bill with $90 on my last bill, so I assume that is the poor reliability payment. Still $90 hardly covers the costs of two takeaway meals for myself and my daughter, so it's hardly adequate compensation. better than a kick in the bum, tho, and, to their credit, they credited my account without me having to chase it up.

Got a text from the distributor this morning saying that power was back on at my place, but if it wasn't, to contact them. So I call them. After listening to the usual spiel about don't report emergencies, etc, I get to the point where I select power outage, input my postcode and get told there's a known power outage in my area, if I want to add some detail to that, hang on the line. At that point, the phone call is terminated

Anyway, I shouldn't complain, I'm sure I'm in a far better state than that poor car driver, whether they were at fault or not.

slowsnake · 04-02-2022, 12:41 PM

Geez I hate people playing "God"......
Albany WA womean with disabled child got sick of caring for her, she approached a local GP and discussed a drug that would kill the child?

Hope they both go to jail on an attempted murder charge, what sort of mother would do that, give the child up for adoption to someone who does care, the mother must of been in a terrible state of mind to even contemplate than path, her GP was wrong, he could of helped her to get proper mental health care!

https://www.nytimespost.com/albany-w...-six-year-old/

.:4:. · 04-02-2022, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by .:4:.

Harveys can go the couriers. I gave the correct info, so yeah, maybe someone at dispatch stuffed up, maybe it was the courier service. But 100%, someone who's name isnt on the package can't/shouldn't be allowed to sign for it.

So a few back and forth emails, i didnt protray anger, just dissapointment. Harveys, well, i guess its an excuse, but they will re post the item. They claim it was sent to a different shop. I dont live in a shop, i live in the house with the address on the order form.
So dunno whats going on there, but i certainly didn't **** up.

slowsnake · 04-02-2022, 06:46 PM

Companies and individuals will always pass the buck, I had a delivery or multiple deliveries at home here, usually car parts, I always ask to sign for it, most couriers say "don't worry about it"
So not always the seller!
But you dident get what you paid for, you have a right to complain!

Tonz · 04-02-2022, 02:40 PM

SS while I accept and agree with you, living with a child of high demand can really screw your life up. I know from 1st hand experience and I have my wife to share theifestyle with.
Acouple have a child with disabilities, slob of a father can't stand it ( or can't get his jollies so he shoots through, leaving mum in and feeling very guilty.)
I fully understand where the poor mum is coming from. Will be interesting to see what relationship the mum and doc may have. He needs to be used as croc bait.

slowsnake · 04-02-2022, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonz

SS while I accept and agree with you, living with a child of high demand can really screw your life up. I know from 1st hand experience and I have my wife to share theifestyle with.
Acouple have a child with disabilities, slob of a father can't stand it ( or can't get his jollies so he shoots through, leaving mum in and feeling very guilty.)
I fully understand where the poor mum is coming from. Will be interesting to see what relationship the mum and doc may have. He needs to be used as croc bait.

You know I had to go to the New York Post to get that story, it's amazing, I do not subscribe to n the West Newspapers here in WA, they own the Regional papers too, they wanted me to pay for that story, but its from New York, must of been a big story to travel the world, but I disagree with VAD, or murder of "self"......the mother gave birth to a 4th child, a girl with behavioural issues, set up a Go Fund Me page, took the kiddie to a specialist in the USA, so she begged for money for help, but decided to "murder" a child!

That's heavy **** killing anybody let alone a disabled kid, but I know their is someone out there who will accept and love this child, good or bad, able or disabled, and yes its a bloody big job, a thankless job, some can't handle it but some can, but the Doctor is a maggot, what was he thinking!.....the Hippocratic Oath forbids him taking that action or even thinking about it, she needs a mental institution and him a long jail term!

No matter her family circumstances it was wrong

slowsnake · 06-02-2022, 02:48 PM

FILICIDE,

What is it?...according to my Sunday Times, it is the act of a parent or step-parent/s killing their children

It goes on to say that it is more common than what we may think, I never realised it had a name until 5 minutes ago, am reading about a father with visitation rights to his kiddies, aged 6 years and 4 years, a little boy and girl, he killed them! it so saddens me, the poor mother must be in a terrible state, and will be forever more.

The gutless father topped himself too, coward, and I also found out that this shocking act of filicide happens in Australia once every 2 weeks

.:4:. · 08-02-2022, 02:29 PM

So after emails going forward and back i got a resolve on the laptop. Yesterday at about 9am, I got a call from a lady from harveys, she was a bit hessitant. I get it, it was a call she didnt want to make, probably thinking i was going to be an angry customer. Nah, i killed her with politeness. So i agreed yeah, i wasnt home for the delivery, but explained there was no note and the vague text message i got. So she got it re sent. I thanked her for her time and effort. 2 hours later it arrived.
Anyhow, the hard drive dock thing worked. Kind of surprised about that, but i recovered what i wanted pretty easily. The laptop itself, it is better then an old one.
But my minor gripe is why was there no tracking details or an email to say it got returned to store? Had i known that i would have just gone and picked it up last monday.

**DFB FGXR6** · 08-02-2022, 06:15 PM

Before I go further here, I want to say that I appreciate and understand the strain on the delivery industry at the moment.

On January 12th I ordered an expensive set of dog hair clippers from an online retailer. (Cocker Spaniels have much thicker fur that require a more powerful machine than most dogs, hence the expense).

On January 14th it was picked up from the Sydney retailer, with an estimated delivery date of January 19th. On January 20th it arrived at the Bendigo depot, 2 hours from where I live. There it sat till 8th of February.

Late on Sunday, February 6th, I emailed both the retailer and the delivery company. The retailer replied first thing on Monday advising they had requested an urgent delivery. The delivery company emailed me today to say it was out for delivery today, February 8th.

When it arrived today, it was clear the box had sat in a dusty warehouse for the last 4 weeks. Basically, the Bendigo branch of Aramex just did not want to bother making the trip, as in not bother to do their job. The delivery was actually re-contracted out to another company entirely, what should have been done in the first place if Aramex did not have enough motivation to do their job.

Again, I understand the troubles with getting drivers and the huge increase in online ordering and delivering. But this was just a case of laziness.

For anyone who needs something delivered, NEVER use Fastway/Aramex.

**DFB FGXR6** · 10-02-2022, 07:40 PM

Got screwed today, in more ways than one...........

slowsnake · 10-02-2022, 11:15 PM

At least you found it easily, just unscrew and plug...........

slowsnake · 11-02-2022, 12:39 PM

I hate so called spiritual advisors, be they Catholic, Protestant or whatever, who take money from gangsters, bikers, corrupt business men and politicians too.

Yesterday in Perth was the funeral for shamed Catholic Priest and thief Father Joe Walsh, aka, Father Armani!

Of course it was attended by most of Perths underbelly including Troy Mercanti and John Kizon, this article goes on to say what a great bloke he was, and I hate that, how come when you die you suddenly become a " good bloke ".....he was a high living big spending blight on normal civilised human beings!

They say that " you find devils in high places, and angels on rubbish dumps "
That rings true in this case.
Big surprise coming to you Joe Walsh, you have no idea what's coming your way!......

.:4:. · 11-02-2022, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6

Got screwed today, in more ways than one...........

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Annoying as it is, atleast its not sidewall.
Last time i picked up a screw, dunno if this is true or not, the tyre shop said they cant plug tyres anymore. They took the tyre off the rim and patched it internally. Whatever, it worked.
However you can still buy plug kits from supercheap/repco wherever. Picked one up a couple months ago for my brother who had a nail in the rear tyre of his motorcycle. It has held up fine. He is due a new rear tyre now, so it has lasted surprisingly as sports bike tyres are different to car tyres.

slowsnake · 11-02-2022, 01:05 PM

Got to agree, plugs are fine if used under normal circumstances, I fixed 3 punctures for my pensioner neighbours, Pat with her Hyundai Accent was quoted $40?
I said i would do it for just a "thank you" took 30 mins, only because I took the wheel off, I can't work lying down, have to push downward due to my spinal issues, anyway she spent the money she saved on a plug kit and a cheap air compressor!..win, win all round.

jaydee · 10-02-2022, 11:13 PM

It's a bugger. Same thing happened to me about 12 months ago, near new tyre.
Thought I'd try using those plugs that you push in, worked a treat.
Been on a couple of country runs also, good as gold, lost no air and tyre is good.

Itsme · 12-02-2022, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

It's a bugger. Same thing happened to me about 12 months ago, near new tyre.
Thought I'd try using those plugs that you push in, worked a treat.
Been on a couple of country runs also, good as gold, lost no air and tyre is good.

I certainly carry one of those plug kits when I'm touring around the country, keeps you out of trouble until you can get your tyre/s repaired properly with the patch; problem is I keep on forgetting to book my car in because the plugs work that good.

The plugs were ok in the day before they mandated patches for repairs.